Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. What if all the virgins or maids of honor had brought enough oil with them? What if the five who had brought oil had shared with the other five? What if your … Continued
Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Monuments are ambiguous. They can demand our respect, but they can also accuse us or demand action of us. We tend to mark graves so that we can avoid walking over them. … Continued
Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. The human race has a long memory of its history. The Jewish people at the time of St Matthew had to live without their beloved Jerusalem, which the Romans had conquered and … Continued
Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi. This about twenty miles from the Sea of Galilee. It was also an area that had great reverence for the … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes. Mis hermanas y hermanos, Jesús llegó a la región de Cesarea de Filipo. Esta cuidad era cerca de veinte millas del Mar de Galilea. El dios pagano Pan también se adoré aquí. El dios … Continued
Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Which is the greatest commandment of the Law? The Law cannot be boiled down to one precept. We must love God first of all, but we mut also love our neighbors as … Continued
Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. We are all grumblers. We have grumbled when our supervisors were mean lor when a lazy coworker was promoted before us. The Israelites grumbled against God and Moses many times in the … Continued
lease read the Scripture passage before the homily. When tour Mom calls you by your first, middle and last names you know you are in trouble. When the young man called Jesus, “Teacher”, we should know that this will not … Continued
Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, She was a Canaanite woman, a descendent of the original inhabitants of the country before the Israelites had arrived. She lived in the area of Tyre and Sidon, … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes. Mis hermanas y hermanos, La mujer cananea era natural de los cananeos anteriores que vivían en Israel antes de los israelitas. Vivía cerca de Tiro y Sidón, que hoy es el territorio del Líbano. … Continued